West Country - South West England, Tor, Dumnonii, Sr West Country and Battle of Britain Classes, London and South Western Railway (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: South West England, Tor, Dumnonii, SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes, London and South Western Railway, West Country dialects, List of SR West Country and Battle of Britain class locomotives, Dumnonia, Westcountry Television, Western Daily Press, Scrumpy and Western, West of England, Southwestern Brythonic languages, Council of the West, Mummerset. Excerpt: South West England is one of the regions of England defined by the Government of the United Kingdom for statistical and other purposes. It is the largest such region, covering 9,200 square miles (23,828 km) and comprising Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Five million people live there. The region includes the area often known as the West Country, and much of Wessex. The size of the region is shown by the fact that the northern part of Gloucestershire, near Chipping Campden, is as close to the Scottish border as it is to the tip of Cornwall. The largest city is Bristol. Other major urban centres include Plymouth, Swindon, Gloucester, Exeter, Bath, and the South East Dorset conurbation of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. The region includes two National Parks and four World Heritage Sites, including Stonehenge. Traditionally, the South West of England has been well known for producing Cheddar cheese, which originated in the Somerset village of Cheddar, for Devon cream teas, Cornish pasties, and for cider. It is also well known as the home of the Eden Project, Aardman Animations, the Glastonbury Festival, the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, trip hop music and also Cornwall's surfing beaches. Key data and facts about the region are produced by the South West Observatory. Prime Minister Cabinet Civil Service West Lothian questionDevolution proposals High Willhays on Dartmoor, Devon: t...